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Blankvoort Tied for 16th with 146
Coach Scott Allen's golf team defeated Richmond for the first time since 1982 on Tuesday at Kitty Hawk, NC.
 
Coach Scott Allen's golf team defeated Richmond for the first time since 1982 on Tuesday at Kitty Hawk, NC.
  

Oct. 31, 2001

KITTY HAWK, NC (Oct. 30) - The GW Golf team placed 16th in the 21-team ODU/Seascape Collegiate, Monday and Tuesday at Kitty Hawk, NC. The field included three Top-50 teams. The Colonials combined for a 617 (316-301) at the par-72, 6,469-yard Seascape Golf Course. UNC Wilmington won the 22nd edition of the tournament with a team total of 569 followed by No. 38 Maryland (570), No. 48 Furman (582) and 10th-ranked Virginia Tech (587).

The Colonials edged the University of Richmond marking the first time a GW golf team had defeated the Spiders since March, 1982.

For the sixth straight tournament, GW's Thomas Blankvoort (Curacao, Netherlands) was the low Colonial with a two-over-par 146 (70-76) to finish in a four-way tie for 16th in the 36-hole event.

Junior Michael Ball (Potomac, MD) and Charles Taylor (St. Lambert, Quebec) were the second-lowest Colonials and tied for 74th, each with a two-round total 158. Freshman Ryan Mello (Warwick, Bermuda) tied for 80th among 104 individuals with a 160 followed by Stuart Healey's (East Sussex, England) 161.

UNC Wilmington's Bill Lewis won the tournament with a six-under-par 138 (68-70).

Colonials' individual scores (104 total golfers):
16th Thomas Blankvoort 70-76 - 146
T-74th Michael Ball 85-73 - 158
T-74th Charles Taylor 85-73 - 158
T-80th Ryan Mello 81-79 - 160
T-83rd Stuart Healey 80-81 - 161

The Colonials resume competition in the spring season at the New Orleans Collegiate Classic, Mar. 11-12, at Eastover Country Club.

 

 

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